Hi,
this is not a bug but a feature.
dvd+rw-format.cpp interprets option -ssa by:
else if (argv[i][1] == 's') // -ssa|-spare
...
{ if (p[1]=='n') ssa=-1; // =none
and later decides to silently bail out by:
else if (mmc_profile==0x41) // BD-R
...
{ case -1: // no spare -> nothing to do
case 0:
exit (0);
break;
By giving option -ssa=none you request a BD-R with zero Spare Area.
No Spare Area means no opportunity to replace bad blocks, which is
the main reason for formatting BD-R.
I am not sure whether one really needs a Spare Area for Pseudo Overwrite,
another feature which dvd+rw-tools enables by formatting. But Andy Polyakov
is the only free software developer i know of, who explored Pseudo
Overwrite yet.
So if he decided not to format, there may be a reason.
Have a nice day :)
Thomas
